Remember that bacon grease you poured down the drain this morning? Or last night’s oily melted cheese you tossed in the sink? Sure, it seemed harmless. But fats, oils, and grease (FOG) create a huge problem for sewer pipes. In fact, FOG combined with roots in the sewer system can create massive clogs that cause more than half our sewer backups and overflows! This can result in costly repairs and environmental impacts.

Protecting our local creeks and waterways is important for the
environment. Clean creeks are vital to a safe stormwater drainage
system, and healthy creeks contribute to a safe drinking water
supply.

SASD takes great pride in its environmental stewardship. For the
past few years, SASD has partnered with the Sacramento Area Creeks Council (SACC)
to educate residents about the sewer system and help protect
local creeks.

Much like Sacramento’s two rivers, which join together in a
“confluence” to create something even bigger, Sacramento Regional
County Sanitation District (Regional San) and the Sacramento Area
Sewer District (SASD) developed the Confluence Regional
Partnership Program to bring together ideas and efforts that
advance environmental, educational, and economic vitality in the
Sacramento region. Through this program, funding may be available
to projects that help the community and advance Regional San’s
and SASD’s missions, visions, values, goals and objectives.

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